Tobacco-can attachment.



F. B. WHITE.

TOBACCO CAN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1915.

Patented May 16, 1916.

FRANK :8. WHITE, 01 ELLSWORTH, WISCONSIN.

TOBACCO-CAN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed April 8, 1915. Serial No. 19,965.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK B. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Pierce and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Tobacco-Can Attachment; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the, art of special receptacles and packages, more especially to that class known as tobacco cans, and an object of the invention is to provide a new and useful attachment for a tobacco can, to prevent the tobacco with the oil paper wrapping from slipping back into the box or can, subsequently to the same having been pulled outwardly from the can so it can be used. However, after using a portion of the tobacco, the remaining tobacco and its wrapping may be forced back into the can.

One of the features of the invention is the provision of a bowed spring blade having a bent clip end provided with a bulge and a depression to engage a correspondingly shaped rib depressed from the 'side of the can to hold the spring blade in place.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of bulges substantiallythroughout the length of the spring blade, to assist in holding the tobacco with its wrapping against accidentally slipping back into the can.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, fallingwithin the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a tobacco can, the lid being thrown open, and showing the improved attachment as applied to the can, and supporting the tobacco with its wrapping partially protruding from the same. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring blade or attachment dev tached from the can. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a modified structure'of spring blade or attachment. Fig. 5 is a sectional view through a tobacco can, showing another form of spring blade as applied.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l designates the usual form of tobacco can, at the side of which adjacent the mouth end thereof, a transversely disposed rib 3 is formed, by depressing the sheet metal of the can from the interior face thereof, which not only forms the rib on the exterior of the can, but a transversely disposed elongated depression 4 on the interior. Adapted to extend into the can adjacent the interior side wall thereof is a bowed spring blade 5 having transversely disposed ribs 6 pressed therefrom, which act materially in preventing the tobacco with its paper wrapping from slipping accidentally back into the can. Before the tobacco is placed in the can this blade is bowed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The inner portion of the upper end of-the blade is formed with atransverse rib 8. bulged outwardly to engage the depression 4: to assist-in holding the spring blade'in position, and against being pulled out with the tobacco. Beyond the rib 8, the upper portion of the blade is bent upon itself as shown at 9, and the bent portion 10 thereof is formed with a depression 11 to engage the rib 3, to further assist in holding the blade in position and against being pulled out with the tobacco. As will be noted the blade is constructed of thin spring steel, and furthermore the bent portion 10 does not interfere with the closing of the cover 12, which is hinged at 13 to the can.

In Fig. 4 it will be observed that the transverse ribs 6 of the blade are eliminated.

In Fig. 5 a spring blade 14 having transverse ribs 6 is soldered at 15 to the curved part of the can, and performs the same function as the previously described blade.

The blade adjacent the rib (which engages the interior depression of the can adjacent the open end thereof) is provided with an abrupt end 16, to more efliciently avoid slipping of the tobacco.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. An anti-slipping retainer for tobacco cans comprising a bowed blade constructed from a single piece of spring steel and having means for detachably connecting the same adjacent the open end of the can, and

disposed on the interior thereof, said blade adjacent its upper portion having an abrupt bend, and provided substantially throughout the bowed length of the blade With transverse ribs.

2. An anti-slipping retainer for tobacco cans comprising a bowed blade constructed from a single piece of spring steel and being disposed adjacent the inner face of one side of the can, said blade at its upper end being bent upon itself, and the body of the blade adjacent the bent portion having a rib depressed therein to engage a transverse depression of the interior of the side of the can, said bent portion having a transverse depression to engage a transverse rib on the exterior of the can, said blade adjacent the depression at its upper end being provided With an abrupt bend, said blade sub- FRANK B. WVHITE. Witnesses W. E. VARREN, D. C. MUNGER. 

